Muscular Dystrophy (MD) refers to a group of more than 30 inherited diseases that cause muscle weakness and muscle loss and eventually cause you to lose the ability to walk. Discuss topics including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), other types of MD, symptoms and ways to improve quality of life.

Please tell us more about your symptoms and why you are asking the question. MD causes progressive muscle weakness, there are several kinds, some start at different ages. I had a friend who had MD, he was diagnosed when he was a teenager, he lived a full life as a musician, walked around with a cane, and another disease took him away earlier than expected, in his 50s. There are many websites devoted to just muscular dystrophy, you can do a regular online search to locate them, and then perhaps you can find some more answers to any questions you have.

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